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20 Lira Alp Arslan
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ REPUBLIC OF TURKEY KARS ANİ ŞEHRİ Ebul Manuçehr Camii 20 Türk Lirası (Translation: Republic of Turkey Republic of Turkey Kars Ani City Ebul Manuçehr Mosque 20 Turkish Lira) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Alp Arslan, the Seljuk sultan whose forces shattered the Byzantine army at Manzikert in 1071, became a recurring subject of Turkish commemorative coinage as part of a broader state effort to anchor modern Turkish national identity in pre-Ottoman Anatolian history. The Manzikert victory effectively opened Anatolia to Turkic settlement and is treated in official Turkish historiography as the foundational moment of Turkish presence in the region.
The 2014 issue falls within a Turkish Mint series commemorating Seljuk and early Anatolian Turkic rulers — a program that accelerated notably after 2010.